#Run the Burbs: Hulu Picks Canadian Comedy Series from Andrew Phung (Kim’s Convenience)

(Photo: Ian Watson/Fifth Season)

Run the Burbs is headed to Hulu. The Canadian comedy, created by Scott Townend and star Andrew Phung (Kim’s Convenience), will soon be available on the streaming service in the United States. The series’ first two seasons will arrive on Hulu on New Year’s Eve. Season three will debut on CBC in Canada in January, but it does not have a release date on Hulu yet.

Starring Phung, Rakhee Morzaria, Zoriah Wong, Roman Pesino, Gavin Crawford, and Sharji Rasool, the series follows a Vietnamese-South Asian family living life to the fullest in the suburbs.

Fifth Season TV Distribution President Prentiss Fraser said the following about Hulu picking up the series, per Deadline:

“Run The Burbs is definitely a continuation of this tradition [of incredible home-grown hits]. Hulu is the perfect partner to bring the Pham family to audiences in the U.S., and we couldn’t be more excited for Andrew’s hilarious, uplifting and inclusive project to launch on the service.”

This deal with Hulu is unrelated to The CW’s licensing rights to air the comedy. The smallest broadcast network picked up the rights to air Run the Burbs and ran the first season over the summer. The second season began airing in October but was pulled from the schedule after three episodes. Only the aired episodes are available on the network’s app, so the network may be planning to air the ten unaired episodes at some point. The CW reportedly picked up the rights for season three in March.

What do you think? Do you enjoy the Run the Burbs comedy series?  Will you watch it on Hulu?